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Welcome! To the new FOCUS Editor

We’d like to welcome Mrs. Julia Davidson, local resident (Fulbridge Road) to the South Werrington and North Gunthorpe FOCUS Team and wish her well in her new role as the FOCUS Editor! The South Werrington and North Gunthorpe FOCUS newsletter is delivered to nearly 3,000 homes and is a free and reliable newsletter, delivered ... [ more ]

Alternative Budget Proposal

  Ahead of this coming weeks Full Council Budget meeting on Wednesday 22nd February, members of the opposition groups  involving Independent Forum, Labour and Liberal Democrats, have for the first time ever produced an ALTERNATIVE BUDGET PROPOSAL - the main points of which are as follows: * Proposed Council Tax freeze for 2012/2013 * Remove ... [ more ]

Possible Counterfeit Goods Seized

These are not the actual items seized merely an example On Tuesday 14th February local Police, working with Trading Standards, seized a quantity of goods believed to be counterfeit, from a business address in Bretton and a large sum of cash from a house in Werrington. Trading standards had received a number of complaints relating to copies ... [ more ]

Taxpayers expected to pay £93k to have the Olympic Torch visit city

Local LIB DEM ward councillor, Darren Fower, says he is “perplexed” by the plans of the Tory controlled Council to allow taxpayers to cover the cost of the Olympic torch turning up on 3rd + 4th July 2012. As stated within the Council’s latest budget document (P33), to “…ensure the celebrations ... [ more ]

Councils commitment to affordable housing is impracticable

Local LIB DEM ward councillor for South Werrington and North Gunthorpe, Cllr Darren Fower, has said the Tory controlled councils plans relating to affordable housing are impracticable! Despite thousands of local residents in need of housing – even if you subtract those on the waiting list who have recently arrived in the city ... [ more ]

Council Tax 2 increase by 3%

The Tories at the City Council have made countless errors of judgement, ranging from investing in Icelandic Banks, to introducing fountains to Cathedral Square and lets not forget paying consultants £1k a day in salaries……. and guess what? Now they expect you to pay for such mistakes! Last year the Council took a £1.5m golden ... [ more ]

£30k Cost to local taxpayers 4 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

According to the Tory controlled City Councils Budget Proposal Document (p33), they are intending to set aside £30,000 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The document also states that “..Councillors will also have the opportunity to use their Community Leadership funding to help support local events.” Local LIB DEM ward councillor, Darren ... [ more ]

FREE Cycle Network app

The new Android app is now available to download from the Android Market. Sustrans has now the released ‘The complete National Cycle Network’ app with which you can access over 25,000 miles of walking and cycling network across the UK, anytime anywhere. The free app is available to download from Android Market and the ... [ more ]

Watch Cllr Fower on YouTube!

Now you can watch your local LIB DEM ward councillor, Darren Fower, from the comfort of your computer! Simply CLICK HERE! [ more ]

Fancy Being a City Councillor?

In and around this area there are 4 City Council wards, these include North Werrington, South Werrington & North Gunthorpe, Walton and Paston. This means there are a total of 11 City Councillors paid to represent the views of people in this area at the Tory dominated Town Hall. Party wise there are three ... [ more ]